NGT bans cutting of trees in forests without requisite clearance
Complaint says felling of trees for charcoal production affects a forest area of 20,000 sq km annually
What happens to the irrigation scam now, Mr Fadnavis?
The new BJP government in Maharashtra has cleared the trust vote with help from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). Will it now be in a …
Denmark considering complete coal phase-out by 2025
In spite of high performance in carbon reduction, country’s dependence on coal is still high
Fourth starvation death in a family in Jharkhand
Supreme Court had directed state to ensure proper care to the surviving family members 11 years ago
Reduction in premature deaths should be an SDG goal, says study
Impressive reduction in deaths among children in the past decade, but gains are low in countries engaged in war or suffering from HIV epidemic
Mangalyaan is now in orbit of Mars
ISRO spacecraft joins three other orbiters of European Space Agency and NASA; ISRO scientists eagerly await information on the levels of methane …
Power for all—can it be achieved?
Round-the-clock assured power supply programme to kick off with Andhra Pradesh, Delhi and Rajasthan; finances and logistics pose a huge challenge
Aerial survey to count elephants in Africa
More than 18 countries will be covered in the project that aims to help in checking the decline in elephant population
Fifth Schedule - Not a happy anniversary
Sixty-six years after B R Ambedkar introduced it, the Fifth Schedule to the Constitution, which grants powers to tribal people over their land …
Amidst the El Niño buzz, Pacific Ocean cools down
While the world awaits El Niño, the 'Little Boy' has played a mischief which has led to a delay in its arrival
Nagoya Protocol: landmark treaty on genetic resources to enter into force in October
Treaty mandates sharing of benefits from utilization of genetic resources and traditional knowledge with local communities
80% chance of drought in north-west, 75% in central India, says Skymet
El Nino the biggest factor contributing to the weak monsoon, said the private weather forecaster
Mr Modi, how about including garbage in your sanitation deadline?
India is the sixth largest garbage generating country, but has made provision to treat only 12.5 per cent of it
Life beyond Earth
Book>> Five Hundred Billion Years Of Solitude • by Lee Billings • Penguin • Rs 799
Baltic Sea low on oxygen
Anthropogenic activities are reducing oxygen in the Baltic Sea, harming the marine ecosystem
Paying with lives for free parking
Blood bath over parking has not influenced the politics of the city to deliver on the right principles
Born with a map
Chinook salmons have an innate sense of direction, based on the earth’s magnetic field
Why AAP’s subsidies mean increased cost of living for me
Rich house owners, the urban minority, will benefit from AAP's power and water subsidies and they will certainly not pass on this benefit to the …
The dying kitchen story
Book>> Cooked: A Natural History Of Transformation • by Michael Pollan • Penguin • Rs 1,400
Discovery of contemporary India
Book>> Churning The Earth: The Making Of Global India• Aseem Shrivastava and Ashish Kothari • Penguin Viking, 2012 • Rs 699
Boss, the real beehive!
Rahul Gandhi’s idea of governance needs fresh focus. How about more autonomy to nearly 240,000 panchayats?
Diagnosing extra-pulmonary TB
TB that affects different parts of the body other than lungs—extra-pulmonary TB—like lymph nodes or bones, accounts for nearly 15 per …
'Odisha's waterman'
Ranjan Panda of Water Initiative Odisha, is a researcher, environmentalist and activist. He describes the threats to rivers and water bodies of Odisha
Humble filter makes a comeback
Traditional bio-sand purifier can filter arsenic which most commercial water purifiers fail to do
Walk this way
Aniruddha Sengupta witnesses a revolution brewing on a road with a history